Coverage

Publisher

Atkin's Court Forms (via LexisLibrary)

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database

Description

UK encyclopaedia of civil litigation forms, precedents and
procedure. Includes a collection of the main procedural documents
required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial
tribunals of England and Wales.

Publisher

Cambridge Journals Online *

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partner institutions cannot use their
UWE Bristol login to access this database

Description

Cambridge Journals Digital Archive contains the full text from
170 journals, from volume 1, issue 1 to 1996. Please note, we only
subscribe to the latest issues of some of the journals. Subjects
covered include: science and technology, animal science,
agriculture, ecology and conservation, history, law, language,
linguistics and literature, mathematics and computer science,
medicine, music and drama, philosophy and religion,
physical sciences, and politics and economics.

Coverage

Publisher

Clarke, Hall and Morrison on
Children

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Description

Leading work on both the civil jurisdiction of the family courts
and the criminal jurisdiction of the youth courts. Provides
access to all the legislation, circulars and guidance notes that
relate to every aspect of child law. It also includes useful
procedural tables, checklists, precedents and flowcharts.

Publisher

Encyclopedia of Compulsory
Purchase and Compensation, via Westlaw UK

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Description

This encyclopedia offers a guide to the detailed and complex
provisions of the law relating to the compulsory purchase of land
and the compensation provisions. Contains the full text of all
relevant statutes, statutory instruments and circulars, together
with case summaries. Expert commentary highlights the practical
application of the law.

Publisher

Sweet & Maxwell

Encyclopedia of Forms and
Precedents

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database

Description

A source of transactional precedents. The encyclopaedia contains
over 12,000 forms and precedents covering areas such as sale of
land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, and
family law. It also includes checklists, procedural tables and
guidance on land registration, stamp duty and tax.

Publisher

Encyclopedia of
Environmental Health Law and Practice, via Westlaw UK

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database

Description

This encyclopedia provides coverage of the purpose and practical
application of the legislation and guidance relating to
environmental health law. Contains the full text of all relevant
statutes, statutory instruments, and circulars plus commentary.

Publisher

Encyclopedia of Planning Law and
Practice, via Westlaw UK

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Description

A comprehensive source of guidance and policy on planning
law. It includes expert commentary on all relevant legislation
and provides access to up-to-date circulars, PPGs
and PPSs, MPGs and MPSs, RPGs, and RSSs and TANs

Publisher

Encyclopedia of Road Traffic Law
and Practice, via Westlaw UK

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database

Description

This source provides comprehensive, authoritative, and
up-to-date information on all aspects of road traffic law and
practice. Reproduces all relevant legislation and subordinate
legislation, with clear detailed explanation and
interpretations.

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Publisher

European Sources Online

Description

An online database and information service which provides access
to information on the institutions and activities of the European
Union, the countries, regions, and other international
organisations of Europe.

Coverage

A range of legal documents, books, and journals from the
foundation of the European Union and its predecessors.

Family Law Online *

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Description

Family Law Online covers a range of material focussed on the
practice of Family Law. Titles included in this database are Family
Law Journal, Child & Family Law Quarterly, International Family
Law, Family Law Reports, and Children Law & Practice.

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Publisher

Halsbury's Laws of England, via
LexisLibrary

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database

Description

Halsbury's Laws of England is a general legal encyclopaedia
covering the whole spectrum of English law. It is is divided into
alphabetically-arranged titles. The text of those titles is
supplemented by regularly-updated annotations.

Coverage

This is a commenatry service with links to most primary sources
referenced in the text. It is updated monthly. Subject areas: law /
commentary

Halsbury's Statutes known as UK
Parliament Acts on LexisLibrary

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Description

UK Parliament Acts contain the full, amended
text of all public general Acts that are currently in force.
Legislation that has been recently enacted but is not yet in force
is also included. Public general Acts that are no longer in force
do not appear in full text but a note explains why the enactment no
longer applies.

Coverage

United Kingdom. Please note that this source contains Statutes
of England and Wales. Acts that were made by the Westminster
Parliament and relate to Scotland only are not included, although
provisions of Scottish Acts that apply or are relevant to England
and/or Wales are included. Westminster Parliament Acts containing
some Scotland-only provisions pre- and post-devolution are
reproduced in full.

Publisher

Harvey on Industrial Relations
and Employment Law

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Description

Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law provides
commentary on industrial relations and employment law and practice.
It analyses the law, and fills in the practical background. The
texts of all the relevant statutes and statutory instruments are
set out in full, with detailed annotations. It also includes
precedents.

Coverage

Publisher

Heinonline *

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More than 90% of the currently published journals in this
database are included in the main library
search

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database

Description

Heinonline is a full-text, searchable archive of law journals.
US titles dominate but an increasing number from the UK and other
jurisdictions are included. In most cases coverage starts from the
first issue of a journal. Pages appear as they would in the
original hardcopy including all charts, graphs, and
photographs.

Coverage

The very latest issues of journals may not be available due to
licensing restrictions. Hein call this a 'moving wall' and these
journals are added when the next issues are published. Subject
area: Law.

Coverage

Publisher

IDS Employment Law

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Description

Database providing information on employment law, plus access to
news, and an archive of cases, articles, transcripts, and relevant
legislation including Acts, European legislation, statutory
instruments, and codes of practice.

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Publisher

Index to Foreign Legal
Periodicals, via HeinOnline

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database

Description

Index to articles and book reviews appearing in more than 500
legal journals published worldwide. Provides in-depth coverage of
public and private international law, comparative and foreign law,
and the law of all jurisdictions other than the United States, the
UK, Canada, and Australia. Links to the full text of more
than 34,000 articles and book reviews in more than 100 periodicals
that are available in HeinOnline.

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Publisher

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Full Text *

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More than 50% of the currently published journals in this
database are included in the main library
search

Staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE
Bristol login to access this database

UWE Bristol Alumni cannot access this database

Description

A bibliographic database that cites articles from legal
periodicals and indexes law books published or edited in the United
States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included.

Note: Select Legal Periodicals Full Text in the Database
Selection area before you enter any search terms.

International
Encyclopaedia of Labour Law and Industrial Relations

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Description

The International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial
Relations provides information to the international business and
labour relations communities. The work offers factual information
and practical insight into both the technical legal and day-to-day
aspects of labour relations. It also covers developing trends in
the relationship between management and labour. Includes over 60
detailed country-by-country monographs and eight in-depth
international monographs, as well as five volumes of case law and
five volumes of reprinted legislation.

Publisher

JSTOR *

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institutions cannot use their UWE Bristol login to access
this database

Description

UWE subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Collections I,II,III,V,VII and VIII. This incorporates access to a
scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals in
the following fields: history, economics, archaeology, classics,
sociology, Asian, African, Latin American, Middle Eastern and
Slavic studies, political science, music, film studies, performing
arts, mathematics, ecology, psychology, business, art,
architecture, language, literature, law, religion and public
policy. These existing collections are complemented by the Ireland
Collection which incorporates manuscripts, monographs and journals
on Irish arts, humanities and sciences with materials that span
from the 1780s to the present.

Coverage

Various coverage 1861-2007.

Guides

Publisher

JustCite

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This indexing database provides article citations and
abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is
available by using the library search or by
clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database

Students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE
Bristol login to access this database

Description

JustCite is a legal citator providing links to cases,
legislation, and articles in a range of databases including
LexisLibrary and WestlawUK.

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Publisher

Lawtel

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database

Description

Lawtel is a current awareness service for legal practitioners.
It provides access to a whole range of legal information from
tracking progress on legislation through to case summaries and an
articles index. It also provides access to directories of
solicitors and barristers. In some instances Lawtel will give
access to the full text of a document where that document is held
in the public domain.

Note: Use the library search to
check availability in the library of law reports series or journal
titles cited on Lawtel.

Coverage

Subject areas: UK cases; UK legislation. Updated every 24 hours.
Use the library catalogue to check availability in the library of
law reports series or journal titles cited on Lawtel.

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Publisher

Lexis PSL

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database

Description

Lexis PSL (Lexis Professional Support Lawyer) is a package
accessed via the Practice Areas tab within the LexisLibrary
database. It is set up to provide lawyers with immediate support in
the form of current legal information briefings that are applied to
particular areas of practice. There are currently 12 practice
areas, a number scheduled to increase to 25 areas. Lexis PSL
provides access to resources such as practice notes, forms and
checklists for legal procedures, with links through to the rest of
LexisLibrary materials, such as legislation, case law, journals,
legal commentary and electronic books.

Coverage

Full text coverage of legislation in force, and case law.
LexisLibrary also includes the full text of Halsbury's Laws of
England; Atkin's Court Forms; Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents,
plus other practitioner works in full text. Practice areas include:
Tax and Accountancy; Employment; Family; Personal Injury; Property.
Subject areas: UK and International Cases; UK and International
Legislation.

Guides

Publisher

Lindley and Banks on
Partnership (via Westlaw)

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database

Description

Definitive practitioner text on partnership
law, covering both general and limited partnership. Covers all
aspects of the life of a partnership, from its nature and formation
to the usual contents of a partnership agreement, common areas of
dispute, partner liabilities, and to winding up and insolvency.
Includes key cases.

Coverage

Subject area: Law, Partnership

Publisher

Access restrictions

This indexing database provides article citations and
abstracts, not full text. You can find out if the full text is
available by using the library search or by
clicking the ‘check for full text’ links in the database

Anyone with a UWE Bristol login can access this
database

Description

The NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference
Service Abstracts Database is published by the Office of Justice
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice's National Criminal Justice
Reference Service, an information clearinghouse for people around
the U.S. and the world involved with research, policy, and practice
related to criminal and juvenile justice, and drug control.

Publisher

Oxford English Dictionary
Online

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database

Description

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is guide to the meaning,
history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both
present and past. It traces the usage of words from a wide range of
international English language sources, from classic literature and
specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Coverage

Updated quarterly

Publisher

Oxford University Press

ProQuest Criminal Justice *

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Description

ProQuest Criminal Justice is a comprehensive database of U.S.
and international criminal justice journals including abstracts and
indexing for 250 titles, more than 100 of which are available in
full text.

Publisher

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: UK
& Ireland

Access restrictions

This database provides thesis citations and abstracts, not full
text. Full text might be available through the British Library
Ethos service, or via inter-library loan

Students and staff at UK and international partner institutions cannot use their UWE
Bristol logins to access this database

Description

This database was formerly known as Index to Theses, it is
the most comprehensive available record of doctoral theses from the
United Kingdom and Ireland. The collection offers the most
comprehensive available listing of theses, with abstracts, accepted
for higher degrees by universities in the United Kingdom and
Ireland, since 1716.

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Publisher

SAGE Research Methods *

Access

The publisher does allow UWE students based at
UK and international partner
institutions (and the staff that support them) to access this
database

Description

SRM (Sage Research Methods) is a web-based research
methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with
their research projects. SRM links over 100,000 pages of SAGE’s
book, journal and reference content with advanced search and
discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help
design research projects, understand a particular method or
identify a new method. SRM focuses on methodology rather than
disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social
sciences, health sciences and more.

Publisher

Sage

Simon's Direct Tax Service

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database

Description

An authorative source on UK income tax, corporation tax, capital
gains tax, inheritance tax and international taxation. Includes
worked examples and is cross-referenced to the legislation, source
materials and tax treaties.

Help available from within the site

Coverage

Full text. Updated weekly. Subject area: Law (commentary)

Publisher

LexisNexis Butterworths

The Times Digital Archive

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Description

The Times Digital Archive provides convenient access to an
extraordinary library of back issues of this renowned newspaper
online.
By taking the microfilm collection of The Times (London) and
producing a high-resolution digital format with searchable images,
The Times Digital Archive represents unprecedented access to one of
the most highly regarded resources for the study of 18th century
history and onward.

Coverage

Publisher

UK Parliamentary Papers

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Description

UK Parliamentary Papers now includes over 200,000 House of
Commons sessional papers from 1715 to 2005, with supplementary
material back to 1688. UKPP delivers page images and searchable
full text for each paper, along with detailed indexing

Guides

Publisher

Westlaw International

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database

Description

Westlaw International is a resource
additional to Westlaw UK. The general subscription covers
legal materials from non-UK English speaking jurisdictions such as
the United States and Canada, Asian materials and international
treaties.

Coverage

Westlaw International 'includes over
27,000 databases covering legal, news and business information from
across the globe. UWE has a subscription to most of this resource.
You may encounter a pop-up blocker if attempting to look at
materials within this database to which we do not have access.

Guides

Publisher

Westlaw UK

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Database is not included in the main library
search

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database

Description

Full-text access to current and historic UK, European Union and
worldwide case reports and legislation. Also gives access to the
Legal Journals Index, some full text law journals, and many
law electronic books.

Certification

Sophie can advise on certification and runs drop-in
sessions for students and staff on the use of Westlaw
products.

Coverage

Subject areas: UK, EU, and International Cases; UK, EU, and
International Legislation. Includes full text of various
practitioner texts including: Chitty on Contracts; Clerk and
Lindsell on Torts; Civil Procedure (White Book).

Guides

Zetoc

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Database is not included in the main
library search

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database

Description

The database contains details of approximately 20,000 current
journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. With
almost 15 million article and conference records, the database
covers every imaginable subject in science, technology, medicine,
engineering, business, law, finance.

Coverage

Updated daily. An index that contains references only, not full
text. Information provided is minimal and abstracts are not
included. To check whether an item is available (in either printed
or electronic format) search the library catalogue. Coverage: From
1993. Subject areas: Multidisciplinary.

Guides

FAQs and help available from within the site.

Publisher

Mimas at the University of Manchester on behalf of the British
Library.